By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach The Swiss government is planning to limit the use of electric vehicles due to a shortage of electricity supply this winter, this is under a new four-step plan to prevent power cuts and blackouts. The ban in Switzerland excludes cases of “absolutely necessary journeys” in their stage three of […]
486 Blog Posts From the Speed Limits Tag
NO JOKE! Switzerland Looks to Ban Electric Cars to Avoid Blackouts
December 14, 2022 • 1 Comment • Electric Vehicle, Fuel, LEGISLATION, Speed Limits, Traffic Congestion
Community Speed Watch: Is it Snitching or Driver Education?
December 9, 2022 • 0 Comments • DRIVER EDUCATION, license plate readers, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, Speed Humps, Speed Limits, SPEEDING, Traffic Calming, TRAFFIC CAMERA
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #713 in September 2022. If you like to subscribe to the NMA one topic motorist issue newsletter, click here. Green Bay, Wisconsin Police Department recently announced that it has partnered with the Green Bay Neighborhood Associations to start a ‘Community Speed Watch.’ […]
Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting: NMA E-Newsletter #724
November 28, 2022 • 0 Comments • 85TH PERCENTILE, CALIFORNIA, Complete Streets, GPS, MASSACHUSETTS, NMA, OREGON, road safety, Speed Limits, Technology, VISION ZERO
All traffic is local, and nothing gets people riled up more than speed limits. The 85th percentile has been the standard for measuring speed limits for years. Due to pressure from groups such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets, this standard of measuring speed is losing ground in states such as California, Oregon, and Massachusetts, […]
Speed Limiters Coming to a Highway Near You!: NMA E-Newsletter #718
October 17, 2022 • 0 Comments • FMCSA, GPS, ISA, Lane Courtesy, NTSB, OOIDA, SAFETY, Speed Limiters, Speed Limits, Technology, Traffic Congestion
During driver’s ed class, many of us drove lesson cars with speed governors. Newbies needed them so they wouldn’t endanger themselves or their trainer by accidentally hitting the gas instead of the brakes. But no one ever imagined speed governors (now called limiters) would become standard equipment on a car, especially when driving requires situational […]
Countering the Safe Streets/Vision Zero Mindset
October 7, 2022 • 0 Comments • DUI, ITE, NHTSA, NMA, road safety, Safe Streets, Speed Limits, SPEEDING, Traffic Fatalities, VISION ZERO, VMT
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in June 2022 as E-Newsletter #699. If you would like to subscribe to the NMA’s weekly one-topic newsletter, click here. Recently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued its estimate of 2021 U.S. traffic fatalities. A Reuters headline blared, “U.S. traffic fatalities surge 10.5% in […]
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